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Detect and Protect are some of the moves that block attacks in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on to learn more about these moves and their stats.
List of Contents
Move | Type | Effect |
---|---|---|
Baneful Bunker | Protects the user from attacks and poisons any attacker that makes direct contact. | |
Detect | Protects the user from attacks. Has a chance of failing if used consecutively. Moves such as Acupressure, Doom Desire, Future Sight, Feint, Imprison, No Guard, Perish Song, Phantom Force, Play Nice, Psych Up, Shadow Force, and Transform bypass this move. | |
Protect | Protects the user from attacks. Has a chance of failing if used consecutively. Moves such as Acupressure, Doom Desire, Future Sight, Feint, Imprison, No Guard, Perish Song, Phantom Force, Play Nice, Psych Up, Shadow Force, and Transform bypass this move. | |
Quick Guard | Protects the user and allies from attacks with increased Speed priority. | |
Silk Trap | Prevents the user from being hit by the opponent's attack. but has a chance of failing when used consecutively. Lowers the opponent's Speed by one stage if the attack blocked would have made contact. | |
Spiky Shield | The move protects the user from attacks and damages the opponent by 12% of its max HP if the user is hit by physical attacks. | |
Substitute | The user creates a decoy by sacrificing 25% of the user's max HP. | |
Wide Guard | Protects all Pokemon on the user's side of the field from attacks that would hit both Pokemon for this turn. |
Protection Moves protect the user from damage and other harmful effects in combat. But, the more it's used in succession, the more likely it is to fail. This forces players to be strategic with the use of these moves.
Note that there are some moves and effects that can bypass Protection Moves such as Protect.
List of Protection Moves
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